In 1972 the President of Smith & Wesson met with knife designed Blackie Collins to design a series of fixed blade knives. In 1973 S&W began to produce these knives in house.

In total this series of knives referred to as the Survival Series consisted of 7 knives. To complete their line of knives, the factory offered the fisherman two fixed blade knives. These were called the Fisherman Fillet, designed with a 6 inch blade and a general-purpose knife with a stiffer 5 inch blade simply called the Fisherman knife. These seven styles rounded out the Smith & Wesson’s complete knife line. The company had put together a group of knives with broad appeal that would offer advantages of custom-made products but at reasonable prices.

Everything was done to build in quality and custom appearance. The blades were forged, utilizing 120 plus years of experience in steel forging. The guards and
pommels were hand fitted and silver soldered to the blade. The handles were hand fitted and made of a special pressure impregnated natural wood called
Wessonwood, which gave maximum durability for a long-lasting life. The edge of each knife was hand honed by individuals specially trained to complete this
operation and provide a sharp edge blade direct from the factory.

Model 6050 is a fine general purpose fishing and camp knife with a shorter, stiffer blade than the fillet knife. Overall length is 10.5”, blade is 5.5”, weight is 5.5 oz. This is NOS never used. These are hard to find as only 4,500 were produced.

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